Bottle-closure.



No. 813,198. PATENTED FEB. 20, 1906.

A. & D. OBLENZA.

BOTTLE CLOSURE.

APPLICATION FILED 00T. 26, 1905.

A WUR/VE YS UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ARISTODEMO OELENZA AND DOMENICO OELENZA, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

BOTTLE-CLOSURE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 20, 1906.

To all whom, it may concern;

Be it known that we, ARISTODEMO CELENZA and DOMENICO CELENZA, subjectsof the King of Italy, and residents of the city of New York, borough ofManhattan, in the county and State of New York, have invented a new andImproved Bottle-Closure, of which the following is a full, clear, andexact description.

This invention relates particularly to improvements in devices fordrawing corks from bottles, the object being to provide a cork-drawingdevice designed to be used in lieu of a corkscrew and connected directlyto the cork and by means of which the cork may be readily drawn outwithout injury or breaking of the cork, thus making it possible to usethe cork several times.

We will describe a bottle-closure embodying our invention and then pointout the novel features in the appended claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar characters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a sectional elevation showing a bottle-closure embodying ourinvention, Fig. 2 is a top view thereof. Fig. 3 shows the position ofparts when the cork is to be drawn, and Fig. 4 illustrates the positionof parts for inserting or removing the drawring.

Referring to the drawings, 1 designates the neck of a bottle, and 2 acork or closure therefor. Extended longitudinally through the cork is ametal rod 3, which at the lower end is headed, as indicated at 4, andbetween the head 4 and the inner end of the cork is a porcelain plate 5,which prevents the rod from being drawn outward through the cork whenthe cork is to be removed. At the upper end and above the cork the rod 3terminates in a hook portion 6, designed to engage with a metal loop 7,with which a draw-ring 8 has swinging connection.

Mounted to rotate on the rod 3 and engaging with the outer end of thecork 2 is a locking-plate 9, which for convenience in rotating has itsedge serrated, as lainly shown in Fig. 2. At one side the loc Iinglate 9has a notch 10, which is of sufhcient epth to permit the removal orinsertion of the loop 7 when the locking-plate 9 is turned to bring saidnotch underneath the end of the hook 6.

In Operation after filling and corking the bottle the loop 7 is to bepassed into the hook 6, while the notch 10 is underneath the free end ofsaid hook, and then the plate 9 is to be turned so that the free end ofthe hook will engage thereon, as indicated in the drawings, preventingthe loop 7 from accidental detachment. The loop 7 permits the ring 8 tobe turned downward upon the end of the bottle and upon the cork, so thatthe usual cap 11 may be placed over the bottle-neck.

Having thus described our invention, we claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent- 1. In a bottle-closure, a cork, a rod eX-tended through the same and terminating at its outer end in a hookportion, a loop for engaging the said hook portion, a ring havingswinging connection with the loop, and a locking-plate mounted to rotateon the rod below the hook.

2. In a bottle-closure, a cork, a rod eX- tended longitudinally throughthe cork and terminating at its outer end in a hook portion, alocking-plate mounted to rotate on the rod below the hook portion thesaid plate having a notch at one side, a loop for engaging with the hookportion, and a ring having swinging connection with the loop.

3. In a bottle-closure, a cork, a rod eX- tended longitudinally throughthe cork and having a head at its inner end, a plate arranged betweensaid head and the inner end of the cork, a hook on the outer end of therod, a locking-plate mounted to turn on the rod below the hook andhaving a notch at one side, a loop adapted for removable engagement withsaid hook when the notch ortion of the plate is turned underneath theflfee end of the hook, and a ring having swinging connection with theloop.

In testimony whereof we have signed our names to this specification inthe presence of two subscribing witnesses.

ARISTODEMO CELENZA. DOMENICO CELENZA. Witnesses:

GIOVANI UNTERN, VINCENZO DAGEsTINo.

